Map, Directions and Virtual Campus Tour
Campus Map
Directions
Monta Vista High School is located at 21840 McClellan Road in Cupertino, CA.
From Highway 280 North or South:
- Exit Highway 85 South.
- Take the first exit: Stevens Creek Blvd. Make a Right onto Stevens Creek Blvd.
- At the first light turn left onto Bubb Road.
- Travel on Bubb Road 0.5 miles. Turn right onto McClellan Road (there is a light).
- Travel 0.25 miles. Monta Vista will be on your left.
When you arrive at the Monta Vista campus, the visitor parking is in the student lot, on the west side of campus (on the right when facing the school). Do not park in the staff parking lot, on the east side of campus (on the left when facing the campus), as you may receive a parking ticket from the Sheriff. If you are coming down McClellan Road from Bubb Road, the driveway to the student parking lot can be found after you encounter the school signs. You will pass Lincoln Elementary School on your left. Just after their crosswalk, the 5th driveway on the left is the one you want to enter. Park in the spots closest to McClellan.
If you are coming from Foothill Expressway to McClellan Road, after all the curves on McClellan Road, the campus will be on the right. You’ll want to park in the first lot you encounter, the student parking lot. If you come to the bus circle (with the construction fencing), you have gone too far. If you see Lincoln Elementary School, you have gone too far.
Please check in at the main office between the bus circle and the staff parking lot at the front of the school. You will be given a visitor badge, a parking permit to put on your car, and directions to meet your party on campus. Note: Monta Vista provides no permits for neighborhood parking, which may be tightly regulated -- look for signs.
Virtual Campus Tour
Safe Routes to School
The Los Altos community has created an online map delivery system called Walk n' Roll Maps. This system is designed to provide students and parents with safe routes to our community schools. For more information on the project and see the safe routes to various schools please visit the safe routes to school website.
Below you will find Monta Vista's safe routes maps (a printable pdf of the information can be found here). You may also be interested in looking at the map on the interactive app, just make sure to select Monta Vista in the bottom left corner. This app may also be found in the Apple Store by searching for "School Routes".
Monthly Mindful Driving Challenges
August
Mindful Driving Challenge - August
Hi Hello Wave
The Cupertino Safe Routes to School program is proud to partner with FUHSD to bring traffic safety education to the classrooms with pedestrian and bicycle safety assemblies and field trips. As painful as a bicycle-pedestrian collision can be though, it’s collisions with cars that cause the most harm. So we’d also like to partner with you, the people who are driving around the schools during the busy drop off and pick up times, to make our roads safer for everyone. To make it more fun, we have a series of driving challenges for you. There will be one a month – will you practice being a mindful driver by taking them all?
Your mindful driving challenge for August is to wave at every person you see who is shorter than your car.
Humans are hardwired to focus on immediate threats. The delivery truck blocking the road, the motorcycle weaving in and out of traffic: our brains instinctively register these as threats while we’re driving and bring those into focus. Two 50-pound children walking home from school are not a threat to a 2000-pound car. So our brains dismiss them unless we’re consciously looking for them. And even when we’re looking for them, it can be hard to see someone whose head is lower than our car windows. This month, as you return to the school routine, we challenge you to consciously look for and wave Hi Hello to everyone you see whose head doesn’t reach above the roof of your car!
These Challenges are brought to you by FUHSD and the Cupertino Safe Routes to School Program. Check out Cupertino’s Back to School page for tips and resources on getting to school safely.
September
Mindful Driving Challenge - September
Superglue Hands
Your mindful driving challenge for September is to play Superglue Hands while driving to school – both your hands must remain on the steering wheel at all times while the car is in gear.
We live in a busy world where multi-tasking is considered a valuable skill. But no matter how good our brains might be at doing two things at once, our eyes can only look at one thing at a time. Reading the cell phone while driving, lifting a cup of coffee in front of our face to take a sip, turning around to make sure our children are buckled in the back seat … all these things take our eyes away from the road and the kindergartener who might be running after his bouncing ball. This month we challenge you to “superglue” your hands to the steering wheel while driving to school every day to remind yourself to keep looking at the road ahead. The rules of the game? While the car engine is on, the glue only releases your hands to work the turn signals, windshield wipers, and manual shifter. Your kids are your challenge monitors and may levy a fine every time you let go. Good luck!
These Challenges are brought to you by FUHSD and the Cupertino Safe Routes to School Program. Check out Cupertino’s Back to School page for tips and resources on getting to school safely.
October
Mindful Driving Challenge - October
Boldly Going Forward Because We Cannot Find Reverse
Your mindful driving challenge for October is to always go forward around the school, no U-turns or backing up.
When we’re busy and rushed, just getting from point A to point B is enough of a challenge. We don’t usually take the time to plan out how to then get back to point A. Luckily cars are usually small enough to make U-turns to get us out of sticky situations. However, during a U-turn, our car is temporarily taking up the entire road while we do not have 360° of visibility. U-turns are legal on most residential city streets if there’s no sign prohibiting it, but only when there is no oncoming traffic in any direction for 200 feet. So if you see a car coming in front or behind you (and there almost always is at drop off and pick up times), it’s both illegal and dangerous. This month we challenge you to look at your route to and from school ahead of time and plan it out so that you only go forward and never have to make a U-turn or find reverse.
These Challenges are brought to you by FUHSD and the Cupertino Safe Routes to School Program. Check out Cupertino’s Back to School page for tips and resources on getting to school safely.
November
Mindful Driving Challenge - November
See and Be Seen
Your mindful driving challenge for November is to clean your car windows, lights, and mirrors whenever you get gas.
Time just changed so the days are getting shorter and it’s dark longer. We all know how hard it is to see a person in the road dressed in dark clothing at night. But do we think about how it’s equally hard to see a car whose lights are all covered in dirt and grime? This month, we challenge you to take off your car’s black hoodie by wiping off your headlights and taillights the next time you’re at the gas station. And while you’re at it, take off the car’s sunglasses too by cleaning the windshield and re-adjusting your mirrors (here’s a great video on how to adjust your mirrors to eliminate blind spots). See and be seen again!
These Challenges are brought to you by FUHSD and the Cupertino Safe Routes to School Program. Check out Cupertino’s Back to School page for tips and resources on getting to school safely.
December
Mindful Driving Challenge - December
Red Light, Stop Light
Your mindful driving challenge for December is to sing the chorus to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer before turning right at a stop sign or red light.
Allowing cars to make right turns on red is a gas saving measure from the 1970s. It keeps traffic moving instead of idling in long lines at intersections. Over time, we’ve all started saving even more gas by not even stopping and just rolling through the intersection. The issue is, we’re not typically the only car on the road: there are likely other cars coming, bikes in the bike lane on our right, and pedestrians crossing in the crosswalk. So this holiday season, your challenge is to come to a full stop before the crosswalk or the white limit line before turning right at any stop sign or red light. Stop long enough for your kids to sing the chorus to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer while you look around for other road users.
These Challenges are brought to you by FUHSD and the Cupertino Safe Routes to School Program. Check out Cupertino’s Back to School page for tips and resources on getting to school safely.
January
Mindful Driving Challenge - January
Spot the Backpack
Your mindful driving challenge for January is to play Spot the Backpack on your way to school.
The holidays are over and we’re physically back at school and work, but our brains are still out on break. We’re going through our routines in a fog, not really paying attention to anything. This month’s challenge is a game to snap us back to the here and now before something unforgivable happens. The rules to Spot the Backpack: everyone in the car picks a different color as they get in the car and buckle up. Then you watch for anyone wearing that color backpack on the way to school. When you spot one in your color, you get to yell “spotted.”
These Challenges are brought to you by FUHSD and the Cupertino Safe Routes to School Program. Check out Cupertino’s Back to School page for tips and resources on getting to school safely.
February
Mindful Driving Challenge – February
Double Double
Your mindful driving challenge for February is to stop and look both ways before crossing any sidewalk.
Cars, for the most part, only drive on the roads. Kids, on the other hand, are little explorers who delight in creating their own paths. Which means they’re likely to appear with no warning in unexpected places, including from the right (the direction we don’t bother looking because it’s unlikely a car will be there). And those small explorers can be fast, giving us precious little time to see the top of their heads and stop. Your challenge for this month is to make double stops when exiting a driveway. First, stop before the sidewalk to look both ways for kids, then stop again before entering the street to look for cars.
These Challenges are brought to you byFUHSD and the Cupertino Safe Routes to School Program. Check out Cupertino’s Back to School page for tips and resources on getting to school safely.
March
Mindful Driving Challenge – March
Speed Cop
Your mindful driving challenge for March is to observe the posted speed limit at all times on your way to school.
The laws of physics change for no car, bike, or pedestrian. The severity of any collision is governed by momentum (mv) and the speed component has been proven to be the critical factor. A 10mph increase in collision speed doubles the chance of fatality or serious injury to the pedestrian or bicyclist. Which is all a very Silicon Valley way of saying “speed kills.” So this month we challenge you to drive at or under the posted speed limit on the way to school. Your kids are your traffic cops, helping you to find the speed limit signs and monitoring your speedometer.
These Challenges are brought to you by FUHSD and the Cupertino Safe Routes to School Program. Check out Cupertino’s Back to School page for tips and resources on getting to school safely.
April
Mindful Driving Challenge – April
I’m Late, I’m Late, for a Very Important Date
Your mindful driving challenge for April is to stop at all yellow and red lights.
With so much traffic on our roads, light cycles at the busy intersections can be long. So when we come to the intersection and it turns yellow, the temptation is to ignore the official “stop if you can do so safely” rule and speed up to make it through just in time. After all, it’s 1.5 minutes of our busy day on the line! But did you know that 40% of all collisions in the US happen at intersections? As drivers speed up, we’re focused on the yellow light and if we made it through and if there are any cameras or police officers … the last thing we’re looking at is the small child in the road who steps off the curb early because they haven’t learned to be patient yet. And unfortunately, even if we do happen to see them, we might be going too fast to stop. Your challenge for this month is to break out your inner rule follower and stop at all yellow lights.
These Challenges are brought to you by FUHSD and the Cupertino Safe Routes to School Program. Check out Cupertino’s Back to School page for tips and resources on getting to school safely.
May
Mindful Driving Challenge - May
Sharing is Caring
Your mindful driving challenge for May is to count the bikes you pass.
Many of our streets are narrow, so cars and bikes have to share space. A car making a right turn often moves into the bike lane. Stopping or parking on the side of the road, even when there is dedicated parking space, often means the car doors open into the bike lane. Blocking the bike lane by idling there waiting to pick up students forces the bike out of their relatively protected bike lane into the car travel lane. No one set of traffic laws is going to govern all scenarios, so the best thing to do is just stay aware and share nicely so we all keep everyone using the roads safer. Your challenge for this month is to count all the bikes you pass on the way to school. If you pass the same bike twice, count them twice.
These Challenges are brought to you by FUHSD and the Cupertino Safe Routes to School Program. Check out Cupertino’s Back to School page for tips and resources on getting to school safely.
June
Mindful Driving Challenge - June
Thank a Lifesaver
Your mindful driving challenge for June is to thank a crossing guard for their help all year.
During drop off and pick up times, regular streets suddenly become a Mad Max landscape of cars, bikes, and pedestrians all in a rush around the school. It’s all for only 20-30 minutes, so it doesn’t make sense to install stop signs or traffic lights that will govern what is normally light traffic for the other 23 hours of the day. But something has to keep the chaos under control! Which is where our local heroes, the Crossing Guards, come in. They make sure the kids cross the street at the crosswalk, batch the kids in big groups instead of a trickle so traffic can keep moving, make sure kids walk their bikes in the crosswalks instead of weaving in and out of the pedestrians … in short, they keep us all safe. Your challenge for June, before leaving for summer vacation, is to slow down, roll down your window, and thank your crossing guards.
These Challenges are brought to you by FUHSD and the Cupertino Safe Routes to School Program. Check out Cupertino’s Back to School page for tips and resources on getting to school safely.